The Early Middle Ages
The Anglo-Saxons in Britain
5th-7th c.
The Animal Style
Brooch, 6th c.
Purse Cover, 620s
Gospel Books
The Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 698
The Book of Kells
Celtic, c. 800
The Book of Matthew (Xi Rho Iota)
The Book of John
St. John the Evangelist
Christ Enthroned
The Franks
Statue of Charlemagne, early 9th c.Frankish King, 768-814, Emperor from 800
Lorsch Abbey, est. 764
Gateway of Lorsch Abbey, 774
Compare: The Arch of Constantine, 312
The Lorsch Gospels(Codex Aureus)
778-820
The Carolingian Empire
800-888
The Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Built 796-814
Monasticism
St. Gall Monastery, Switzerland, c. 820
Cuxa Cloisterfrom the Abbey of St.-Michel-de-Cuxa
France, mid-12th c.
Carolingian Art
Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram
9th c.
Compare: Frankish Brooch, 650-725
Ivory Bucket for Holy Water, 860s-70s
Plaque with Personification of the Moon, 9th c.
Ivory Plaques
St. John the Evangelist, early 9th c.
Emmaus Scenes, late 9th c.
Christ and the Apostles, late 9th c.
The Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church, 9th c.